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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
The other books in this series aren't as moving as this book. It completely took me by surprise. Cried like a baby in the middle.
Even though I didn't like the first Harlow/Grant book, I still wanted to see what would happen. I think I hated this book more than I did the first one.
It's mostly because Harlow is a selfish idiot. Even though she has a heart condition AND HAVING A BABY CAN LITERALLY KILL HER, she insists on going through with her pregnancy, even though everyone around her wants her to have an abortion. I did hate that people were trying to force her to change her mind and get an abortion, because it is her decision, and if she wants to keep a baby that could kill her, it's her decision, as much as everyone doesn't like her decision. I felt like Mase's mom was the only one who seemed supportive of Harlow's decision. Grant seemed to come around a little bit but not completely. At the same time, though, I felt like it was incredibly selfish for Harlow to insist on going through with the pregnancy.
I know it's Grant's baby, and she wants the baby, and he made her want things she could never have, but I felt like she cared more about the baby and sacrificing herself for the baby than living. I felt like she was either too stupid to realize SHE was more important to people than her baby, or she realized it but didn't care that SHE was important to people and that they didn't want to lose her. I don't understand her decision, and I've never had to make that decision, but I also feel like it's her decision to make...and Grant's too, being the father. We never see her talk with Mase or his family about it, and we're just told what her decision is. Grant's opinion doesn't seem to matter either, and I feel like she doesn't want to take into account what other people think, because all that matters is what she wants. Which is true to a point, but...it just bothered me that she didn't care if she lived or died.
I also hated that Mase called Rush, knowing that he'd tell Grant, who'd go running to find her. His voice mails were pretty pathetic, and I am utterly clueless as to why Harlow is in love with him, and why she'd give him a chance after everything he did. And after the way he treated her after finding out about her heart condition. She really should have made him work to get her back.
I did like that Nan donated blood, and I felt like I understood Nan a lot better. I still don't completely get why people dislike Nan and why the other characters treat her the way they do, but what she did for Harlow did was really nice. I didn't like how everyone suspected she was up to something, and unable to do anything nice for anyone. And that she was trying to manipulate someone or something by donating blood.
The letters Harlow wrote to her unborn child were really morbid, and I didn't like them at all. And Harlow thinking she live just based off wanting to be there for her child...hope can go a long way, but again, her pregnancy could very will kill her, and hope can't overcome that. Plus, it's something that she can pass on to her child, so I am having a hard time understanding why she'd want to keep this baby.
Something I thought was weird was her grandma. Early on in the book, Harlow's thinking about her grandma (who didn't believe in abortion), and what her grandma what think if it were Harlow getting an abortion. And then Kiro mentions her grandma, and wants to know if it's a religious thing and if it's something her grandma taught her. I am confused about what religion has to do with it, because someone not wanting an abortion doesn't necessarily have to be because of religious beliefs.
I get Kiro is trying to understand why she's not getting an abortion, but that, combined with Harlow's earlier thoughts of her grandma made me think that her grandma was religious and didn't believe in abortions. I don't understand the emphasis on her grandma's beliefs when one, grandma isn't with us anymore. and two, it doesn't actually go anywhere. Given it comes up a couple of times, I thought it would have more of a role, and it doesn't, so I don't get why it's brought up.
After giving birth, it takes her a while to open up her eyes, but, of course, she ends up being fine...it seemed like a major cop-out that she ended up being fine. Other than people freaking out because she insists on having a child, she ends up fine, with nothing other than a coma. Why have her have this serious heart condition in which having a child could kill her if she's going to be fine? It felt manipulative in the last book, like it was there for drama, but it felt extremely, intensely manipulative for her to be fine. Because Harlow just can't be pregnant, she has to be pregnant with a serious, life-threatening heart condition and somehow end up okay. Granted, she was in pretty good health, which probably was a factor, and she was high-risk but at the lower end of high-risk, but I wanted more complications with it.
My Rating: 1 star. The only thing I liked was Nan donating blood to Harlow, but overall, this was a frustrating book to read.
Merged review:
Even though I didn't like the first Harlow/Grant book, I still wanted to see what would happen. I think I hated this book more than I did the first one.
It's mostly because Harlow is a selfish idiot. Even though she has a heart condition AND HAVING A BABY CAN LITERALLY KILL HER, she insists on going through with her pregnancy, even though everyone around her wants her to have an abortion. I did hate that people were trying to force her to change her mind and get an abortion, because it is her decision, and if she wants to keep a baby that could kill her, it's her decision, as much as everyone doesn't like her decision. I felt like Mase's mom was the only one who seemed supportive of Harlow's decision. Grant seemed to come around a little bit but not completely. At the same time, though, I felt like it was incredibly selfish for Harlow to insist on going through with the pregnancy.
I know it's Grant's baby, and she wants the baby, and he made her want things she could never have, but I felt like she cared more about the baby and sacrificing herself for the baby than living. I felt like she was either too stupid to realize SHE was more important to people than her baby, or she realized it but didn't care that SHE was important to people and that they didn't want to lose her. I don't understand her decision, and I've never had to make that decision, but I also feel like it's her decision to make...and Grant's too, being the father. We never see her talk with Mase or his family about it, and we're just told what her decision is. Grant's opinion doesn't seem to matter either, and I feel like she doesn't want to take into account what other people think, because all that matters is what she wants. Which is true to a point, but...it just bothered me that she didn't care if she lived or died.
I also hated that Mase called Rush, knowing that he'd tell Grant, who'd go running to find her. His voice mails were pretty pathetic, and I am utterly clueless as to why Harlow is in love with him, and why she'd give him a chance after everything he did. And after the way he treated her after finding out about her heart condition. She really should have made him work to get her back.
I did like that Nan donated blood, and I felt like I understood Nan a lot better. I still don't completely get why people dislike Nan and why the other characters treat her the way they do, but what she did for Harlow did was really nice. I didn't like how everyone suspected she was up to something, and unable to do anything nice for anyone. And that she was trying to manipulate someone or something by donating blood.
The letters Harlow wrote to her unborn child were really morbid, and I didn't like them at all. And Harlow thinking she live just based off wanting to be there for her child...hope can go a long way, but again, her pregnancy could very will kill her, and hope can't overcome that. Plus, it's something that she can pass on to her child, so I am having a hard time understanding why she'd want to keep this baby.
Something I thought was weird was her grandma. Early on in the book, Harlow's thinking about her grandma (who didn't believe in abortion), and what her grandma what think if it were Harlow getting an abortion. And then Kiro mentions her grandma, and wants to know if it's a religious thing and if it's something her grandma taught her. I am confused about what religion has to do with it, because someone not wanting an abortion doesn't necessarily have to be because of religious beliefs.
I get Kiro is trying to understand why she's not getting an abortion, but that, combined with Harlow's earlier thoughts of her grandma made me think that her grandma was religious and didn't believe in abortions. I don't understand the emphasis on her grandma's beliefs when one, grandma isn't with us anymore. and two, it doesn't actually go anywhere. Given it comes up a couple of times, I thought it would have more of a role, and it doesn't, so I don't get why it's brought up.
After giving birth, it takes her a while to open up her eyes, but, of course, she ends up being fine...it seemed like a major cop-out that she ended up being fine. Other than people freaking out because she insists on having a child, she ends up fine, with nothing other than a coma. Why have her have this serious heart condition in which having a child could kill her if she's going to be fine? It felt manipulative in the last book, like it was there for drama, but it felt extremely, intensely manipulative for her to be fine. Because Harlow just can't be pregnant, she has to be pregnant with a serious, life-threatening heart condition and somehow end up okay. Granted, she was in pretty good health, which probably was a factor, and she was high-risk but at the lower end of high-risk, but I wanted more complications with it.
My Rating: 1 star. The only thing I liked was Nan donating blood to Harlow, but overall, this was a frustrating book to read.
It's mostly because Harlow is a selfish idiot. Even though she has a heart condition AND HAVING A BABY CAN LITERALLY KILL HER, she insists on going through with her pregnancy, even though everyone around her wants her to have an abortion. I did hate that people were trying to force her to change her mind and get an abortion, because it is her decision, and if she wants to keep a baby that could kill her, it's her decision, as much as everyone doesn't like her decision. I felt like Mase's mom was the only one who seemed supportive of Harlow's decision. Grant seemed to come around a little bit but not completely. At the same time, though, I felt like it was incredibly selfish for Harlow to insist on going through with the pregnancy.
I know it's Grant's baby, and she wants the baby, and he made her want things she could never have, but I felt like she cared more about the baby and sacrificing herself for the baby than living. I felt like she was either too stupid to realize SHE was more important to people than her baby, or she realized it but didn't care that SHE was important to people and that they didn't want to lose her. I don't understand her decision, and I've never had to make that decision, but I also feel like it's her decision to make...and Grant's too, being the father. We never see her talk with Mase or his family about it, and we're just told what her decision is. Grant's opinion doesn't seem to matter either, and I feel like she doesn't want to take into account what other people think, because all that matters is what she wants. Which is true to a point, but...it just bothered me that she didn't care if she lived or died.
I also hated that Mase called Rush, knowing that he'd tell Grant, who'd go running to find her. His voice mails were pretty pathetic, and I am utterly clueless as to why Harlow is in love with him, and why she'd give him a chance after everything he did. And after the way he treated her after finding out about her heart condition. She really should have made him work to get her back.
I did like that Nan donated blood, and I felt like I understood Nan a lot better. I still don't completely get why people dislike Nan and why the other characters treat her the way they do, but what she did for Harlow did was really nice. I didn't like how everyone suspected she was up to something, and unable to do anything nice for anyone. And that she was trying to manipulate someone or something by donating blood.
The letters Harlow wrote to her unborn child were really morbid, and I didn't like them at all. And Harlow thinking she live just based off wanting to be there for her child...hope can go a long way, but again, her pregnancy could very will kill her, and hope can't overcome that. Plus, it's something that she can pass on to her child, so I am having a hard time understanding why she'd want to keep this baby.
Something I thought was weird was her grandma. Early on in the book, Harlow's thinking about her grandma (who didn't believe in abortion), and what her grandma what think if it were Harlow getting an abortion. And then Kiro mentions her grandma, and wants to know if it's a religious thing and if it's something her grandma taught her. I am confused about what religion has to do with it, because someone not wanting an abortion doesn't necessarily have to be because of religious beliefs.
I get Kiro is trying to understand why she's not getting an abortion, but that, combined with Harlow's earlier thoughts of her grandma made me think that her grandma was religious and didn't believe in abortions. I don't understand the emphasis on her grandma's beliefs when one, grandma isn't with us anymore. and two, it doesn't actually go anywhere. Given it comes up a couple of times, I thought it would have more of a role, and it doesn't, so I don't get why it's brought up.
After giving birth, it takes her a while to open up her eyes, but, of course, she ends up being fine...it seemed like a major cop-out that she ended up being fine. Other than people freaking out because she insists on having a child, she ends up fine, with nothing other than a coma. Why have her have this serious heart condition in which having a child could kill her if she's going to be fine? It felt manipulative in the last book, like it was there for drama, but it felt extremely, intensely manipulative for her to be fine. Because Harlow just can't be pregnant, she has to be pregnant with a serious, life-threatening heart condition and somehow end up okay. Granted, she was in pretty good health, which probably was a factor, and she was high-risk but at the lower end of high-risk, but I wanted more complications with it.
My Rating: 1 star. The only thing I liked was Nan donating blood to Harlow, but overall, this was a frustrating book to read.
Merged review:
Even though I didn't like the first Harlow/Grant book, I still wanted to see what would happen. I think I hated this book more than I did the first one.
It's mostly because Harlow is a selfish idiot. Even though she has a heart condition AND HAVING A BABY CAN LITERALLY KILL HER, she insists on going through with her pregnancy, even though everyone around her wants her to have an abortion. I did hate that people were trying to force her to change her mind and get an abortion, because it is her decision, and if she wants to keep a baby that could kill her, it's her decision, as much as everyone doesn't like her decision. I felt like Mase's mom was the only one who seemed supportive of Harlow's decision. Grant seemed to come around a little bit but not completely. At the same time, though, I felt like it was incredibly selfish for Harlow to insist on going through with the pregnancy.
I know it's Grant's baby, and she wants the baby, and he made her want things she could never have, but I felt like she cared more about the baby and sacrificing herself for the baby than living. I felt like she was either too stupid to realize SHE was more important to people than her baby, or she realized it but didn't care that SHE was important to people and that they didn't want to lose her. I don't understand her decision, and I've never had to make that decision, but I also feel like it's her decision to make...and Grant's too, being the father. We never see her talk with Mase or his family about it, and we're just told what her decision is. Grant's opinion doesn't seem to matter either, and I feel like she doesn't want to take into account what other people think, because all that matters is what she wants. Which is true to a point, but...it just bothered me that she didn't care if she lived or died.
I also hated that Mase called Rush, knowing that he'd tell Grant, who'd go running to find her. His voice mails were pretty pathetic, and I am utterly clueless as to why Harlow is in love with him, and why she'd give him a chance after everything he did. And after the way he treated her after finding out about her heart condition. She really should have made him work to get her back.
I did like that Nan donated blood, and I felt like I understood Nan a lot better. I still don't completely get why people dislike Nan and why the other characters treat her the way they do, but what she did for Harlow did was really nice. I didn't like how everyone suspected she was up to something, and unable to do anything nice for anyone. And that she was trying to manipulate someone or something by donating blood.
The letters Harlow wrote to her unborn child were really morbid, and I didn't like them at all. And Harlow thinking she live just based off wanting to be there for her child...hope can go a long way, but again, her pregnancy could very will kill her, and hope can't overcome that. Plus, it's something that she can pass on to her child, so I am having a hard time understanding why she'd want to keep this baby.
Something I thought was weird was her grandma. Early on in the book, Harlow's thinking about her grandma (who didn't believe in abortion), and what her grandma what think if it were Harlow getting an abortion. And then Kiro mentions her grandma, and wants to know if it's a religious thing and if it's something her grandma taught her. I am confused about what religion has to do with it, because someone not wanting an abortion doesn't necessarily have to be because of religious beliefs.
I get Kiro is trying to understand why she's not getting an abortion, but that, combined with Harlow's earlier thoughts of her grandma made me think that her grandma was religious and didn't believe in abortions. I don't understand the emphasis on her grandma's beliefs when one, grandma isn't with us anymore. and two, it doesn't actually go anywhere. Given it comes up a couple of times, I thought it would have more of a role, and it doesn't, so I don't get why it's brought up.
After giving birth, it takes her a while to open up her eyes, but, of course, she ends up being fine...it seemed like a major cop-out that she ended up being fine. Other than people freaking out because she insists on having a child, she ends up fine, with nothing other than a coma. Why have her have this serious heart condition in which having a child could kill her if she's going to be fine? It felt manipulative in the last book, like it was there for drama, but it felt extremely, intensely manipulative for her to be fine. Because Harlow just can't be pregnant, she has to be pregnant with a serious, life-threatening heart condition and somehow end up okay. Granted, she was in pretty good health, which probably was a factor, and she was high-risk but at the lower end of high-risk, but I wanted more complications with it.
My Rating: 1 star. The only thing I liked was Nan donating blood to Harlow, but overall, this was a frustrating book to read.
If I have said it one time I have said 1K times..you can't ever go wrong with an Abbi Glines book..I adored Grant from the very beginning and found his complete adoration and strength he finally found in himself and the situation incredibly sexy..the letters though killed me, slayed me straight to the heart...there were tears, not cute ones, the slobbery, snotty ones! Loved it..can't wait for Tripp's story! Abbi do you need another beta? I have ideas! Message me..I will be patiently waiting to hear!
4.5*
This was a roller-coaster of epic proportions.
This was a roller-coaster of epic proportions.
I loved it. Now I want a 20 years after with Nate and Lila Kate.
I think I'll always love Grant and Harlow... So no matter if Abbi wrote some crap story about them, I'll love it.
I've loved both characters since they were first mentioned.
This book took me on a wild roller coaster of emotions but I'm real glad they had their HEA.
I've loved both characters since they were first mentioned.
This book took me on a wild roller coaster of emotions but I'm real glad they had their HEA.
I haven't cried this much during a book in a long time. I hate crying during books but I got over it. Thank you Abbi for a brilliant story.
Believe it or not, after seventeen books I think I've run out reasons to continue reading anything written by Abbi Glines. I obviously don't enjoy them and when I do it's a hot yoga deep stretch as to why. It's not even fun to complain about how ridiculous or cheesy they are anymore, but they are all the same brand ridiculous cheese, there's nothing new to even criticize here. And Abbi definitely doesn't grow - there's no minorities, or flawed characters in her worlds.
I guess I'm not saying that I'll skip every Abbi Glines book from now on, but I'm definitely done with the Rosemary Beach series unless there's a book about Nan. She's the only character with a little life in her. But then, Grant and Harlow were pretty compelling until this crapshow two-parter from soap opera hell. I'm not even going to review it. Just read my sixteen other Abbi Glines reviews, the story will be somewhere in there.
I guess I'm not saying that I'll skip every Abbi Glines book from now on, but I'm definitely done with the Rosemary Beach series unless there's a book about Nan. She's the only character with a little life in her. But then, Grant and Harlow were pretty compelling until this crapshow two-parter from soap opera hell. I'm not even going to review it. Just read my sixteen other Abbi Glines reviews, the story will be somewhere in there.
This was probably my favorite of all the books in the series. It is the second part of Grant andHarlow's story, and although I think it started off a bit on realistically, I mean the boy called her for 60 days straight and left voicemails with no response??? It really ended up being a very sweet touching story. What we are willing to give up for love, what we are willing to give up for our children. I just don't believe anybody can understand love a parent has her child, until they are there. This book was about sacrifice, the sacrifices we are willing to make for those we truly care about, and the letters, wow! The letters, they were really very touching. The letters were really what push this to be a five star read for me, they were just so real!